Word: productions
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...SOUND SARCASTIC, and that's because John put me on the defensive. The sincere consideration of my religious beliefs, yea or nay, is important to me. But this serious issue, which John had made his product, coupled with his sly presentation, nettled me, closed up my ears. His cordial hustle had been effective enough that I answered him straightforwardly--but negatively. Chris just rolled his eyes, and shook his head. And in less than half a minute, his unsuccessful spiel through, John was gone...
...large part of the windfall will go to motorists. As if to revel in that prospect, radio stations across the country last week offered cash prizes to the service-station operator who "bid" to sell his product at the lowest price. In Milwaukee, the Park Plaza Mobil station sold off 8,000 gal. of regular unleaded at 36.9 cents per gal. In Concord, Calif., the Sun Valley Auto Wash, a Chevron station, offered gasoline for .1 cents per gal., while in Diamond Bar, Calif., George Benitez's Shell service station went one better by offering...
...contamination may have resulted from a criminal effort by one or more wine dealers to boost their profits. Because the price of bulk wine is determined in part by its alcohol content, some wine dealers have on occasion added methyl, or wood, alcohol to their product. That increases the alcohol content of the wine and thus raises its value. But unlike the ethyl alcohol that is naturally found in wine, methyl alcohol in sizable doses can produce blindness and death. In this case, someone negligently or maliciously added too much methyl alcohol to the wine...
...overstuff little minds that are not ready. At the recent convention in Atlanta of the National Association of Independent Schools, hothousing was a major topic among the 4,000 in attendance. Argued one of the panelists, Cleveland-based Educational Psychologist Jane Healy: "We're viewing children as a perfectible product into whom we can quickly and efficiently pour some learning...
...Harvard may be held in high regard as an academic institution, but it will command much less respect if it takes political stands on matters unrelated to education, especially among businessmen who regard these stands as the product of student protest and campus unrest." (President Derek C. Bok, "Reflections on the Divestment of Stock," April...